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| The Very Best of Cream | 
 enlarge | Artist: Cream
Label: Polydor / Umgd
Category: Music
List Price: $13.98
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Avg. Customer Rating:  94 reviews
Sales Rank: 8208
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 523752
UPC: 731452375223
EAN: 0731452375223
ASIN: B000002GFC
Release Date: May 9, 1995
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Tracks:
| • | Wrapping Paper - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | I Feel Free - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | N.S.U. - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | Sweet Wine - Cream, Baker, Ginger | | • | I'm So Glad - Cream, James, Skip | | • | Spoonful - Cream, Dixon, Willie | | • | Strange Brew - Cream, Clapton, Eric | | • | Sunshine of Your Love - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | Tales of Brave Ulysses - Cream, Clapton, Eric | | • | Swlabr - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | We're Going Wrong - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | White Room - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | Sitting on Top of the World - Cream, Chatmon, Lonnie | | • | Politician - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | Those Were the Days - Cream, Baker, Ginger | | • | Born Under a Bad Sign - Cream, Jones, Booker T. | | • | Deserted Cities of the Heart - Cream, Bruce, Jack | | • | Crossroads - Cream, Johnson, Robert [01 | | • | Anyone for Tennis - Cream, Clapton, Eric | | • | Badge - Cream, Clapton, Eric |
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Amazon.com
The groundbreaking work of this British psychedelic-blues supergroup deserves more thorough study, but this 20-song compilation provides a useful overview for newcomers. Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, and Ginger Baker--virtuosos all--expanded the parameters of rock by incorporating a jazz sensibility into their distorted blues jams. This compilation mixes their odd original hits with a number of souped-up blues covers. The live version of Robert Johnson's "Crossroads" remains one of the greatest blues workouts a rock band has ever produced. Since Cream released only four albums, this set includesv most of the highlights, and it illustrates how Cream cast the seeds of heavy metal. -- Marc Greilsamer
Album Description
International slide-pack series, 'Just the Music.' Does not contain liner notes. 20 tracks.
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| Customer Reviews: Read 89 more reviews...
 I'M SO GLAD I OWN THIS February 24, 2000
54 out of 69 found this review helpful
I am 19 years old and therefore can not say I ever saw Cream Live on stage in person. However, I can say that this band, and I speak as a musician and a classic rock dj, is the most talented rock band ever who are only challenged by that of Rush. Eric Clapton, who I feel did nothing noteworthy after 1971 shines in this band. Jack Bruce, the bassist, is underrated. He sang and wrote most of the songs. Ginger Baker. Have you ever seen a crazier drummer. He took double bass rock drumming to where it is today. Now personally, I say that every Cream song is great and should be heard. Hwever, those who have only heard the legend and are curious should pick this cd up. It has all the best. "I Feel Free", which is currently a car commercial, is a great tune. It seems simple but there is far more than meets the eye. "N.S.U." speaks for so many people with just one line: "The only time I'm happy's when I play my guitar." How about the classic tunes from the Disraeli Gears album. "Strange Brew" is an interesting venture into a new realm for the band. And are any other ten bass hits(7 notes) in music more memorable than the intro to "Sunshine Of Your Love". The dueling vocals on this tune and Baker's odd drumming make this track still amazing to this day. "Tales Of Brave Ulysses" has become a recent favorite of mine. The lyrics and the melody(which will appear later in the album as well) just work too well together. "White Room" What many consider to be Cream's masterpiece. I love the intro. Bruce's voice never sounds as good. The melody from "...Ulysses" comes back for this tune. A true CLASSIC. I love "Crossroads". It is a great tune with a great repeating riff. "Anyone For Tennis" is at the end of the band's career. It is an odd song(drugs) but is fun to listen to nonetheless. Baker's conga playing and Clapton's accoustic set the scene on this one. Mind you, there are many more tunes on this cd that are worth listening to. After hearing this, you will want to buy all the Cream you can find. Box Set, live cds, anything. Well, i reccomend it all. But if you want the best on one cd or are a new fan, Pick this one up. If you are a metal or hard rock fan and want to see where it began, check out this cd. They were heavy before you could be heavy. Cream may have only been around for a little over 2 years, but the impact made will last forever.
THE ULTIMATE SINGLE-CD COMPILATION OF CREAM! December 2, 1999
48 out of 49 found this review helpful
Here is the finest of Cream - the 60s' mythical trio which gave rock a new definition and took blues as far as it has ever been taken. Eric Clapton's virtuoso guitar, Jack Bruce's mesmerising musicianship, Ginger Baker's guru drumming - it's all in this album, all at its best! Included are epic tracks like "Sunshine of Your Love", "I Feel Free", "Spoonful", "Strange Brew", "White Room", "Badge"... a non-stop succession of the cream of Cream, the 19 best studio recordings, topped up by the legendary live rendition of "Crossroads". It is remarkable that, untypically, the producers have made an honest effort to include all the best songs in the compilation, not leaving ground for "The Vey Best, part 2". The only problem with this release is it's so good (and that includes, at least to my ears, the sound quality) it will instantly make you want to buy all of the original albums - and that might as well be a wise decision. However, if you're quite sure you only want one CD by Cream, then, undoubtedly, this is it!
 How good were they? December 27, 1999
11 out of 12 found this review helpful
How good were they?... I saw them play at a well known blues club - the Ricky Tick in Windsor (England) - several times in summer 1966. R&B was the scene at the time. A local UK group - Geno Washington & The Ram Jam Band - covered US R&B and Soul numbers and were considered the business. Cream arrived and played music that few had heard before. In the middle of one number (NSU?) the crowd got agitated and started chanting Geno... Geno... Eric Clapton turned to Jack Bruce and said something along the lines of "they're booing". They then launched into the loudest, longest and most complicated guitar solo the small crowd had ever heard. The result... stunned silence for the rest of their set and several dozen instant Cream fans. A great, innovative group.
cool introduction but don't stop there holmes! September 30, 2003
9 out of 10 found this review helpful
This is good intro to the band but once you have this & you know you dig the band, either burn a copy and sell it off, keep it as a compilation sampler or give it to a friend because you need to get all their essential albums: Fresh, Disraeil Gears, Wheels of Fire plus Live Cream volumes 1 & 2 & Live at the BBC(Goodbye is the weakest album & the only one you may skip, but hey if you're getting most of them, you might as well complete the colleciton). This is because, though you'll get a lot of repeats, any one great song of Cream in its famous 2 year late '60s heydey is easily worth the price of 2 albums & there are more than enough of these on the original albums. For example, the awesome live Drum solo "Toad" on WOFire. How can anyone who likes Cream do without that? Impossible! Or the incredible Live version of "Sleepy Time" with Clapton's best solo ever. forgeddaboutit! You gotta have it, it rules! Or the mind-fizzling live version of NSU with that amazing jam in the middle? Or the 3 great songs "World of Pain" "Dance the Night Away" & "Outside Woman Blues" on DGears, not on this comp? Gotta have it, they're each 3 minutes of the kind of musicianship & magical inspiration hardly ever duplicated by anyone else for 35 years.Also, once you're done with the Cream albums, check out the solo Jack Bruce stuff which sounds a lot more like Cream than post-Cream Clapton. "Songs For A Tailor" has many awesome songs such as "Rope Ladder to the Moon" "Theme For An Imaginary Western" & "He the Richmond" that were written originally for Cream albums. "Harmony Row," Jack's masterpiece from 1971 sounds like a more progressive & folksy Cream album minus Clapton. I am amazed that all these Cream fans have not turned on to "Harmony Row" as great as that album is! Even as late as 1978 Jack was writing awesome Cream-like songs on his solo albums with Pete Brown: "Jet Set Jewel" & "The Best is Yest to Come" come to mind. Check all of those out, you won't be sorry. As for Ginger Baker, his best post-Cream albums are a collaboration with Fela Kuti called Africa '70 & the great jazz fusio album "Going Home" with Bill Frisell & Charlie Haden. peace out
The Blues Pop Here. January 6, 2007
9 out of 9 found this review helpful
Jack Bruce's thumping vocals, Clapton's legendary blues guitar & Ginger Baker's fine drumming made for the finest Rock trio ever. I "Feel Free," has stunning vocals, snare drumming & Eric Clapton at his improvising best. "Strange Brew," has simple delivery, Clapton's falsetto singing & multiple guitar licks made for a sinister trance like tune. In the "White Room," the large array of instruments used alone make this an amazing tune.
For me, Baker's drumming is what held this song together. In "Crossroads," Clapton demonstrates why he is a blues master. Robert Johnson would be proud. "Sunshine Of Your Love," is their most popular song for a reason. Here Rock, Blues & pop sparkle into a love song that most music fans of any generation could appreciate. Clapton's base is an octave lower, which gave great depth to his riffs. Simply, a great group.
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